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Strengthening Local Government Actions For Dengue Prevention and Control

In view of the increasing number of dengue cases, all Local Government Units (LGUs) are highly encouraged to mobilize barangays, local health units, community volunteers, and other stakeholders to conduct regular clean-up drives aimed at identifying and eliminating potential mosquito breeding sites. Community-led "search and destroy" activities shall likewise be intensified, particularly in identified high-risk areas, to help prevent and control the spread of dengue.

Further, all LGUs, through the local chief executives, are expected to:

1. Strengthen community engagement by continuously disseminating accurate and timely information on dengue prevention, recognition of signs and symptoms, and the importance of promptly seeking medical attention when symptoms occur;

2. Ensure the allocation of adequate resources for related activities, including the provision of appropriate supplies, equipment, and other necessary resources for vector control;

3. Mobilize health personnel, barangay health workers, volunteers, and other community stakeholders to support information dissemination, surveillance, clean-up drives, and vector control operations and 

4. Coordinate closely with the Department of Health (DOH) and other concerned national government agencies to ensure that local interventions are aligned with national policies and to facilitate access to technical assistance and other available support.

Legal Bases / References

• Advisory 2016.09.17 Strengthening Local Government Actions for Dengue Prevention and Control

• MC 2025 - 011 Strengthening Local Government Actions For Dengue Prevention And Control 

• MC 2019 - 176 Conduct of Sabayang 4-O'Clock Habit para Deng-Get Out : A Daily Clean-Up Drive for the Prevention and Eradication of Dengue and other Epidemic

• MC 2016 - 041 Implementation of 2016 School-Based Immunization of Tetravalent Dengue Vaccines

• MC 2013 - 052 Operations Research on Dengue Control Interventions in Selected Communities in the Philippines for 2013 – 2014

• MC 2012 - 016 Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD)

• MC 2011 - 116 Dengue Clean-up

• MC 2011 - 087 Observance of Dengue Awareness Month every June and ASEAN Dengue Day every 15th of June of the year nationwide

• MC 2010 - 111 Presidential Directive to Mobilize the Barangay Tanods in the Intensified Information Dissemination and Education Campaign on Dengue

• MC 2010-092 DILG Cleanup Day vs Dengue Fever

• MC 2010-078 Prevention and Containment of the Spread of Dengue

• MC 2008 - 022 REITERATION OF DILG MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2005-74, DATED 02 AUGUST 2005, SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) ON THE ERADICATION OF DENGUE FEVER

• MC 2005 - 086 DENGUE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES

• MC 2005 - 074 ERADICATION OF DENGUE FEVER

• MC 1998 - 114 NATIONAL DENGUE AWARENESS MONTH

• MC 1994 - 146 ERADICATION OF DENGUE FEVER

LGMED References

• R10-LGMED-2025-02-24-011 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2025-011 RE: STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS FOR DENGUE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

• R10-LGMED-2025-02-28-001 REGION 10 COMPLIANCE ON THE STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS FOR DENGUE PREVENTION AND CONTROL